Location Greater Boston Area, United States, North America Regions East Coast, New England Gender Male
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John A. Gilbert offers four decades of experience as an environmental engineering practitioner, business leader, and consultant. His background includes over 20 years of senior level business management and leadership as founder/CEO of a $10MM environmental engineering firm with three offices, serving clients in the northeastern United States
and nationally.
John’s experience as CEO included oversight of accounting and financial management, benchmarking and reporting procedures; legal and risk management; human resources management; information technology systems; health and safety processes; and quality assurance practices. He led business development efforts, designed and implemented an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, and successfully implemented an internal ownership transfer.
John has partnered with for-profit and non-profit businesses to improve sales, profitability performance, financial stability, sustainability, and other critical operational issues. He has advised business leaders in overcoming serious business challenges and in bringing businesses to scale for acquisition. In non-profit businesses, he has extensive experience and expertise in board leadership, governance, organizational and financial management issues in difficult economic environments and has served as Interim Executive Director.
As a leader in the non-profit sector, John has served on a number of boards supporting diverse areas of interest including conservation, affordable housing, religious, and youth sports organizations. His contributions have included serving as an interim executive director; board chair; chair of finance and audit, development, coaching, and executive search committees; and member of finance, asset management, development, project, and policy committees. He has spoken on these matters at regional and state-wide conferences of non-profit organizations. Currently, John serves as Chair of the Board of the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits and on the Boards of Leadership New Hampshire and Alliance Asset Management, Inc. In addition, he serves as Chair of the New Hampshire Water Council and recently chaired the Governor’s Commission on Water Sustainability. He volunteers with the New Hampshire Lives on Water Project.
John earned a B.A. with honors from Williams College and an M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Tufts University. He is a 1998 graduate of Leadership New Hampshire and has served as a facilitator and presenter of the Environment Day in that program for a number of years. John has business management training in Pathways to Principal, Balanced Scorecard, Predictive Index, Lean Manufacturing, and Vested for Growth best management practices. He has lectured at Franklin & Marshall College and Southern New Hampshire University on environmental and business management topics.
